JURIST

MARCH 19, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Friday upheld a decision by a lower court over attorney fees in the Flint water crisis $600 million partial settlement. The lower court previously approved the settlement and awarded attorney fees to the attorneys representing the class action participants.

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JURIST

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Michigan State Capitol Commission voted unanimously Monday to ban the open carry of firearms within the state Capitol building in Lansing. This decision was motivated by the January 6 attack on the US Capitol , as well as armed protesters storming the Michigan state Capitol building last April.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Director of the Michigan State Police Forensic Science Division Jeffrey Nye informed state prosecutors in a letter Wednesday that the department’s drug tests could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that drivers were under the influence of cannabis, The Detroit Metro Times reports.

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JURIST

MAY 29, 2024

Michigan State Police Detective Sergeant Brian Keeley was charged on Tuesday with second degree murder or involuntary manslaughter of Samuel Sterling by Michigan Attorney General. Thereafter, they handed the case to Michigan attorney general for further review. The arraignment date has not been set for Keeley.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday upheld a district court’s decision to uphold a Michigan mask mandate for young children, rejecting the arguments brought by a Catholic school in Lansing, including that the state mask order violated free exercise of religion.

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LegalReader

APRIL 13, 2022

Mckeen & Associates announced the addition of a new attorney to its legal team, Leon Walsh. Walsh has experience as a medical malpractice attorney in Michigan, as well as previous experience as a civil litigation associate and assistant public defender in Florida.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

It's OK, if we had to deal with the Kraken suits, we'd need a drink too.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

If the financial fraud or Rico charges had been filed, the state of Michigan faced the potential of hundreds of millions in liability over the KWA bond deal.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 8, 2022

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has asked the Michigan Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council, a state agency, to appoint a special prosecutor to consider charges against nine people in connection with an effort to gain access to voting machines after the 2020 election, reports the Associated Press.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 5, 2021

“Justices hear arguments in Michigan case of prisoner seeking new trial”: Melissa Nann Burke of The Detroit News has this report. Todd Spangler of The Detroit Free Press reports that “ Michigan attorney to be first Arab American Muslim woman to argue before Supreme Court.” ” And Jordan S.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

According to unsealed court records, a police chief from Hartford, Michigan, has been accused of taking and selling opioid painkillers from a police collection box intended to get drugs off the streets, News Channel 3 WWMT reports. Chief Beltran has insisted that she is innocent.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 16, 2021

Super Lawyers, an attorney rating service that bases its selection of outstanding attorneys on independent research and peer nominations and evaluations, named 11 McKeen & Associates attorneys to its 2021 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists for the State of Michigan.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Jeffrey and Brandi Franz, the parents of two teenage daughters who attended Oxford High School, one of whom was shot in the neck during the recent mass shooting, filed a pair of lawsuits seeking $100 million each against the Michigan school district, claiming that the violence of that day could have been prevented, reports the Associated Press.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 28, 2022

Ethan Crumbley, 15, who is charged as an adult with murder and other crimes for killing four students at a Michigan high school and wounding six other students and a teacher will pursue an insanity defense as he, his parents and school officials faced a new lawsuit over the attack at Oxford High School, reports NPR.

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LegalReader

OCTOBER 6, 2021

“The legal awards and honors that our attorneys receive are always nice, but they are more meaningful for what these awards and honors represent,” said Steven Gursten, Michigan Auto Law president.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Defense attorneys depict their clients as reluctant puppets entrapped by the F.B.I. deployed at least 12 informants, as well as several undercover agents, some of whom have since been implicated or charged for crimes including domestic violence, perjury, and illegal weapons possession.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Attorneys general in 40 states Monday announced a $391.5 While the settlement ends the present lawsuit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton initiated a new lawsuit against Google last month for allegedly collecting biometric data on millions of Texans without their informed consent. The post Google reaches $391.5M

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Above The Law

APRIL 23, 2025

As noted by the publication, these are the law schools whose graduates were “most likely to obtain full-time, long-term jobs at law firms with greater than 500 attorneys.” Michigan: 53% 13. News, there are multiple ties listed here): 1. Northwestern: 67% 2. Columbia: 65% 2. Penn: 65% 2. UVA: 65% 5. Cornell: 63% 6.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 15, 2022

In Michigan, state attorney general Dana Nessel issued a petition filed Aug. The situation in Michigan is similar in that allegedly unofficial and unauthorized investigators sought evidence of fraud by gaining access to voting equipment. Some of those named in the Michigan case has been connected to cases elsewhere.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2022

Law firm asks justices to consider the scope of attorney-client privilege for dual-purpose documents. In In re Grand Jury , the petitioner (whose identity is redacted in the petition ) is a law firm asking the justices to clarify the scope of attorney-client privilege when a communication with a client involves legal and non-legal advice.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

California, Michigan, North Carolina and Washington, D.C., appeared first on Attorney at Work. However, entities with nonlawyer ownership must first seek regulatory approval to become an “alternative business structure” (ABS). have task forces up and running, exploring revisions to Rule 5.4. Seems Like the Status Quo.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The post Attorney Charged With Orchestrating Murder Of His Client appeared first on Above the Law. He also allegedly wrote himself into his client's will, without their knowledge.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A jury in Michigan found three men guilty Wednesday of providing material support for a terrorist act in connection with the plot to kidnap and execute Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer during the 2020 election. Justin Lindsay is a US National Correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 19, 2021

The University of Michigan Law Library is an architectural wonder of gothic design that bears a soupçon of Hogwartian flavor. I can’t use my home office as my background for legal reasons (because my wife is an attorney and she uses the back of my office to store empty boxes, old mops and broken lamps).

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LawSites

JUNE 8, 2021

It all happened during an oral argument on Zoom before the Michigan Court of Appeals. According to the court’s subsequent order , attorney James Heos “raised his middle finger toward the camera while opposing counsel was arguing.” “Mr. .”

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Above The Law

APRIL 30, 2025

Law.com refers to these institutions of higher education as the go-to law schools, and this year, theyre ranked by the percentage of 2024 graduates who took associate positions at the 500 largest law firms based on attorney head count. The ABA recently released the data for the class of 2024, and their success in the job market was historic.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2023

Plaintiff Miguel Perez is a 23-year-old deaf student whose school in Michigan provided him with an aide that did not know sign language and was not trained to work with deaf individuals. During oral arguments, Perez’s attorney Roman Martinez spoke of how the school had neglected Perez and misled his family as to his education.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Like a recent meme I shared, maybe a million times too many, they think of attorneys as “attack librarians.” Attorneys are fierce factotum warriors armed with quivers of precedents and the ruthless blades of facts. An Amtrak train from Pontiac, Michigan, to Chicago takes about five and a half hours. Panic Ensues.

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LegalReader

JULY 1, 2022

You must have resided in Michigan for 730 days before filing your bankruptcy case to use Michigan bankruptcy exemptions.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 5, 2024

A trial court did not abuse its discretion when it required a member of the rock band the Romantics to pay triple damages after his new attorney filed a “verbatim copy” of the opponent’s brief by mistake, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

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Above The Law

APRIL 29, 2025

In what has to be the best case for law schools to begin teaching a summer module on how to add watermarks to briefs, a Michigan based law firm decided to zhuzh up their legal writing with a picture. Dragon Lawyers get asked to stop leaving their mark on each damned page of the complaint.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 29, 2022

Attorney General Dana Nessel has lost the Flint case in spectacular fashion this week. In an unanimous 6-0 ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court held that her office committed a fatal and inexplicable error in prosecuting nine officials for the Flint water crisis, including former Gov. juror) to charge them.”

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Law 360

APRIL 7, 2025

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said she was looking to hire outside firms to pursue litigation against manufacturers of polychlorinated biphenyls on behalf of her office.

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LegalReader

APRIL 19, 2022

You can seek compensation for your subsequent medical expenses, following the surgery.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 12, 2023

DETROIT – McKeen & Associates announced the addition of four new attorneys to its legal team: Victor Balta; Ariel Kellersohn; Scott Nowling; and Nichole Omilion. Balta, an appellate attorney at McKeen & Associates is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Law and has been practicing law since 2013.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These injuries are especially common for those driving older vehicles.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2023

“These enforcement actions, including against one of the largest health care fraud schemes ever prosecuted by the Justice Department, represent our intensified efforts to combat fraud and prosecute the individuals who profit from it,” said Attorney General Merrick B. In February, 23 Michigan residents were charged with $61.5

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